The Chariot

My Intuitive Interpretation

The Chariot, for me, implies "full steam ahead". Things are in balance. You know where you're going. You know how to get there. The victory and your acknowledgement of it is fully at hand.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Christian: The domination of spirit over nature, the priesthood and the empire, the submission of the elements and forces of nature to intelligence and the labours of Man. Go towards the future with courage reinforced by the knowledge of doing right.
• Crowley: Triumph, victory, hope, memory
• Kahn: A card of balance and imbalance, accomplishment and failure, stamina and weakness.
• Waite: Triumph in the mind, triumph over nature

Psychic Revelation
The Chariot

My Interpretation for Today

The Chariot shows up to remind me that I can triumph over my adversities. This has been particularly hard for me lately. I do have the skills and the knowledge and all I really need is the right conquest for the victory to be assured. Sometimes I do forget these things. Because this is a major card, I need to pay particular attention to it. I need to have the confidence that I can.

2 of Swords

My Intuitive Interpretation

Ah, the 2 of Swords...For me, this card represents being blind to the obvious...of not being able to see that there are choices and not all of them are good for you. The moon suggests that there are elements of lunacy when pondering choices. The crossed arms suggest that you are obstinate about your final decision. Twos, in general, point toward the need or desire for balance. This is very interesting for me at this time. Of course I know what I should choose. I also know I am not ready for that choice. Yes, I can be very obstinate.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Balanced force, indecision, friendship
• Crowley: Peace
• Douglas: Equilibrium, interplay of opposing forces, strife and dissent uniting to produce truth and beauty
• Golden Dawn: Quarrel made up and arranged, peace restored yet with some tension remaining
• Grimaud: Harmony, victory without conflict or battle, passive success
• Kaplan: Stalemate, balance, harmony and firmness
• Mathers: Friendship, valour
• Waite: Conformity, courage, concord, tenderness, affection, intimacy, falsehood, duplicity, disloyalty
• Suggested: The faculty of analysis, the creative power of thought

Psychic Revelation
2 of Swords


My Interpretation for Today

As usual, the Tarot knows what is going on in my head. The balance I desire in this situation can very well happen, but I can be blind to the fact that I am not the only one controlling the situation (and maybe I'm not controlling it at all). Perhaps the decision I made last week was the best choice, even if I am resisting it...and I AM resisting it. This card is telling me to look at all sides, take off the blindfold, put things in balance. It's not easy...


Again, I chose an image not from a traditional deck, but a representation of the 2 of Swords that I particularly like.  I hope the artist does not mind my using it. It can be found and ordered at this site:
http://00chalcedony00.deviantart.com/art/Two-of-Swords-Arabian-Nights-139263298

3 of Cups

My Intuitive Interpretation

The 3 of Cups, for me, is always a card of celebration. It is sometimes referred to as the card of "Engagement". Can also mean fertility, though in my case, I doubt it means in the physical sense. It is, in general, a card of abundance, of plenty, of good things to come.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case:  Pleasure, liberality, fulfillment, happy issue
• Crowley:  Abundance, Fulfillment of the Will of Love in abounding joy, The spiritual basis of fertility
• Douglas: Abundance, maternity, comfort, healing, unbridled passion, self-indulgence, sex without love
• Papus:  Realization of the commencement of love. The love is mutual
• Waite: Conclusion of a matter in plenty, happy issue, etc. Excess of physical enjoyment and sensuality. Consolation, cure
• Suggested:  Child of intuition. That which is created (as opposed to the act of creation) or that which is felt strongly without rational support.

Psychic Revelation
3 of Cups

My Interpretation for Today

Hmmm...better safe than sorry.  I'm a bit afraid of that fertility thing.  LOL  Seriously though, I need something to celebrate these days.  Probably I need something new...in quite a few areas of my life.  New job, new love.  Maybe it's time to find a new hobby, too...something to bring me joy.  I do find that I'm highly emotional these days...an aspect of the cups, for sure.  Let's see what the next few days will bring.

  

The image above is not from a deck (that I know of), but I liked it as a representation of the Three of Cups.  I hope the artist does not mind my using it.  It can be found and ordered at this site:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/three-of-cups-erika-brown.html

Page of Wands

My Intuitive Interpretation

Finally, a Court Card. Court cards are sort of like the Jacks, Queens and Kings in a deck of playing cards. There is the added element of the Page in a Tarot deck. Pages are generally messengers of some sort and can represent a literal person. For me, the messages refer back to the suit of the card and wands tell me that I will receive a message about something I am passionate about.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Dark, young man, messenger, briilliance, courage
• Crowley: Brilliance, daring, vigour, energy, impression of beauty, sudden, ambitious, superficial, theatrical, shallow, cruel, faithless, domineering
• Waite: He is unknown but faithful and his tidings are strange. A lover, an envoy, a postman.
• Suggested: Messages or the bearers of messages concerning love or hate. The coming of love.

Psychic Revelation

Page of Wands

My Interpretation for Today

This is very interesting, for a slightly younger man who contacted me many months ago contacted me again today and we had a very short chat. We were having a problem communicating over the past few months. Basically, we were just having trouble contacting each other and that has now been rectified. Psychic Revelation says that "something you started a while ago is now coming to fruition". It also points to my general unhappiness in my current relationships and suggests that maybe I should take a chance here. Hmmm...let's see. I've been communicating with a couple of others, too. I think the Page of Wands is telling me to "take note".

Questions for Comments

It's been a week now that I've been doing this. The cards I've drawn have been pretty diverse. Only one Major Arcana card (Death), but I've had at least one card in each suit now. (Pentacles, Cups, Wands, Swords)

 

I have some questions for you, my followers:

• Have any of the cards I've drawn this week "spoken" to you? If so, which one(s). Remember, this is a public forum, so only get as personal as you want to be in a public forum.
• Have you looked at the cards I've selected (all from difference decks) and were you drawn to any of the pictures?
• Do you click on the Psychic Revelation link? Have you explored there?

 I'm so curious to know your thoughts. Please feel free to comment anytime.

 

Josetta

 

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6 of Swords

My Intuitive Interpretation

The 6 of Swords, for me, always points to taking a journey of some sort, either an actual trip or a journey which will take your life in a different direction. This card comes up quite often for me, as I experience the wanderlust very badly and always have. Of course, I don't get to indulge my wanderlust very often, but in situations when I cannot, I begin to do things likes look at maps and fantasize about trips I would like to take, people I need to see. Just this past week, I had a major "meltdown" where I wanted to pack up my life and go somewhere else. Don't we all fantasize about that sometimes? Most often, though, this card comes up when I know a change of direction is needed and I am avoiding it. It's not that I don't like change; it's just that I have trouble getting started. So I guess this card is telling me that it's time... You may wonder what kind of change this is telling me about. Well, swords always deal with matters of conflict, logic, mental activities. This could cover a couple of areas in my life right now. I'm tending to think I'm still in a "work" period, as opposed to my personal life, since I am especially focused on that the last few days.


What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Success after anxiety, passage from difficulties, a journey by water
• Douglas: Solution to immediate problems or moving away from immediate danger, disappearance of a major hindrance to travel
• Gray: A journey, in flesh or spirit
• Thierens: Health, travel (especially by water), sensuality and expressions of it
• Waite: Declaration, confession, publicity, proposal of love. Pleasant voyage.
• Suggested: The measure of intellect, texts, trials, perhaps lawsuits, perhaps simply evaluation.

Psychic Revelation

6 of Swords

My Interpretation for Today

It seems the tide is going to turn for me, somehow. I'm hoping this is in the work-related area. I will be speaking to a trusted friend today, to get his advice and input. Work has been a very difficult area for me in the past several months especially. I am so afraid of going backwards -- of having to take a job that is underutilizing my skills. With the new idea I have been formulating this week, I believe I can get back to where I was, before all this mess started. I'll need help, but at least I know where to get it.

2 of Wands

My Intuitive Interpretation

The 2 of Wands (may also be known as Rods), for me, speaks to learning from your past, holding your world and your passions firmly in the present, while looking toward your future. This card is not meant to show your near future, but it does suggest that all things are in the works for a bright and happy one, though not necessarily right this minute. I believe I got this card today because I experienced a renewed passion and Wands are all about passionate pursuits. Now firmly encounsed in my new project, I remembered how much I love the work that I do. It provides me with enough creativity to keep me excited, enough learning to keep me interested, and enough challenge to keep me from becoming bored. Over the past several months, I had forgotten this. As I formulate a plan for gainful employment, I must remember where my passion really lies.

What Dictionary of Tarot Says

• Case: Dominion
• Golden Dawn: Influence over another
• Grimaud: Occult knowledge
• Kahn: Waiting, a dry spell, patience required, firm position from which to contemplate the world.
• Mathers: Riches, fortune, opulence
• Waite: Riches, mangificence, physical suffering, surprise, enchament, emotion, trivial disappontments
• Suggested: The creative power of earth or emotions
• Psychic Revelation: Balance, even in the mundane

  

Psychic Revelation

2 of Wands

My Interpretation for Today

I guess I interpret this very differently than the various schools above (and as the interpreter, I am free to do this to a degree, based on what I intuit). I included the Psychic Revelation's view because I had forgotten that Twos are often about balance and things are very much out of balance for me right now. It spoke specifically about eating and sleeping, two areas where I am severely out of balance. While my vision is similar in some regards, particularly Kahn's -- a firm position to contemplate the world -- and perhaps to Waite's, referring to both good and bad aspects, I still see this card as positive. I can't quite get to the future yet (there are still some obstacles - there's that wall), but they seem minor now in relation to the way they were. I'm holding in my hand the knowledge (world); I have the passion (the wand in my hand); I can still see my past, but I'm not holding on to it (the wand behind me); and I'm looking forward to a future, still far out on the horizon. Perhaps I'm not ready for more than that just now.